Mistral raises €3B Series D, led by Samsung
Mistral raised €3 billion in a Series D led by Samsung Electronics, valuing it above €21 billion, as Luxembourg joins as a sovereign investor.
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China's State AI Fund Takes 1.14% Stake in Kling With Buyback Clause
China's state AI fund took a 1.14% stake in Kuaishou's Kling for 1.4 billion yuan, valuing it at about 120 billion yuan, with redemption rights attached.
AI Funding Hits $400B in Six Months, Huang Says US Reindustrializing
Jensen Huang points to $400B in AI startup funding as proof of US reindustrialization, but the post leaves out soaring electricity bills and thin data-center payrolls.
Kimi Valuation Hits $35B
Moonshot AI has reportedly closed more than $3.5 billion in F-round financing at a $35 billion post-money valuation after opening Kimi K3 weights.
Approaching.ai raises 1B yuan for a token factory
Approaching.ai raises 1B yuan for a token factory. A concise localization of the verified facts and the industry signal behind the story.
MiniMax raises another HK$16B
MiniMax raises another HK$16B. A concise localization of the verified facts and the industry signal behind the story.
SoftBank Reopens $10 Billion OpenAI-Backed Loan Talks
SoftBank is again negotiating a $10 billion loan backed by its OpenAI stake, this time offering parent-company recourse if the shares fall in value.
Higgsfield pushes AI ad video toward a $5B valuation
Higgsfield pushes AI ad video toward a $5B valuation
DeepSeek's $7.4B round locks control with Liang and the state
The financing structure accepts outside capital while keeping voting power away from commercial investors.
Jeff Bezos backs a $12B bet on the artificial general engineer
Jeff Bezos backs a $12B bet on the artificial general engineer.
NEURA raises up to $1.4B as Tether bets on robots
NEURA raises up to $1.4B as Tether bets on robots.
Mistral seeks fresh capital for Europe’s sovereign AI race
Mistral is reported to be discussing a 3 billion euro funding round that could double its valuation and reinforce Europe’s sovereign AI story.
Bezos-backed Prometheus reaches a 41 billion dollar valuation
Prometheus is raising huge sums for engineering AI, betting that model-driven design can reshape manufacturing and complex physical products.
Bezos takes the CEO chair at Prometheus
Prometheus raised $12 billion at a $41 billion valuation, with Jeff Bezos returning as CEO to pursue an “artificial general engineer.”
Neura raises up to $1.4B for humanoid robots
Germany’s Neura Robotics secured a milestone-based Series C of up to $1.4 billion backed by Tether, NVIDIA, Amazon, Qualcomm and industrial investors.
Standard Bots becomes a robotics unicorn
Standard Bots raised $200 million at a $1 billion valuation to scale robots that learn tasks by demonstration instead of traditional programming.
PhysicsX raises $300M for industrial physics AI
PhysicsX raised a $300 million Series C led by Temasek, valuing the UK startup at about $2.4 billion.
PhysicsX raises $300M to build large physics models
London-based PhysicsX has raised $300 million at a valuation of about $2.4 billion, with Temasek leading and Nvidia, Siemens and Applied Materials joining to back AI-driven engineering simulation.
OpenAI files confidential IPO paperwork
The draft S-1 reportedly targets an $850 billion-plus valuation, but the company is still balancing public-market timing against private-company flexibility.
PhysicsX raises $300 million for large physics models
The F1-rooted startup says its physics AI can shrink simulations from hours to seconds, drawing Temasek, Nvidia and industrial backers into a $2.4 billion valuation.
Moonshot AI seeks a $30 billion valuation for Kimi
Moonshot AI is already discussing another round that could lift its valuation from $20 billion to $30 billion, with Kimi turning open-source model performance into a financing story.
A Security raises $37 million to fight AI with AI
The Israeli startup emerged from stealth with an autonomous offensive-security platform built for a world where attackers use AI agents at scale.
PointFive raises $60 million to cut AI waste
The Israeli startup says enterprise AI spending is rising fivefold and its DeepWaste engine can find cloud and inference waste that ordinary tools miss.
Generalist AI raises $400 million for robot foundation models
The DeepMind and Boston Dynamics alumni behind Generalist AI are betting that adaptable robot intelligence is the next expensive frontier after software AI.
Suno Raises $400 Million as Its AI Music Bet Hits $5.4 Billion
Suno doubled its valuation in six months even as copyright lawsuits continue to hang over the AI music market.
AlphaSense Hits $7.5 Billion Valuation With $600 Million in ARR
The market-intelligence AI company raised $350 million as investors reward a business already selling workflow software to large enterprises.
DeepSeek Nears a 50 Billion Yuan Round, With Liang Wenfeng Putting In 20 Billion
Reuters says DeepSeek’s first major financing could value the company at 350 billion to 400 billion yuan while its founder remains the largest investor.
Robot data startup Mecka AI raises $60 million
Mecka AI has raised $60 million while claiming $100 million in annualized contracted revenue from human-motion data and deployment services for robots.
Sekai turns vibe coding into 15 million consumer mini apps
Sekai has raised a $20 million Series A after users generated 15 million mini apps and spent more than an hour a day on the mobile platform.
Helsing’s $1.2B round makes European defense AI a real market
Helsing’s new funding values the Munich defense AI company at $18 billion and shows European military procurement moving from speeches to signed budgets.
Isomorphic Labs raises $2.1B to scale AI drug design
DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs says its drug design engine is repeatable, and investors are funding the long push from partnerships into clinical proof.
China’s Big Fund Puts DeepSeek on the Strategic-AI Map
DeepSeek is reportedly discussing a first funding round led by China’s national chip fund, pushing its valuation toward $45 billion and tying its next phase to domestic compute.
Firestorm raises $82M to put drone factories in containers
The defense startup says xCell can make drones and parts near the front, answering a supply-chain problem exposed by recent wars.
Rogo Raises $160 Million to Put Felix Inside Investment Banking
Rogo says its Felix agentic AI platform is now used by 35,000 finance professionals across more than 250 institutions.
VCs Pour $18.8 Billion Into AI Startups Founded Since 2025
Top researchers leaving Meta, Google, OpenAI and DeepMind are turning narrow Big Tech priorities into a large new venture bet.
Actively Raises $45M to Put AI Agents on Sales Accounts
The New York startup says its always-on agents can monitor accounts, act across sales tools and take over work that once sat with go-to-market teams.
AlphaGo creator David Silver raises $1.1 billion for self-learning AI
David Silver's Ineffable Intelligence has raised $1.1 billion in a seed round at a $5.1 billion valuation, marking the largest seed round in European history. The former DeepMind researcher plans to build a "superlearner" AI through reinforcement learning, diverging from the dominant large language model approach.
DeepSeek Seeks First External Funding Round, Targeting at Least $300 Million at Over $10 Billion Valuation
DeepSeek is seeking its first-ever external funding round, targeting at least $300 million at a valuation exceeding $10 billion, according to four anonymous informed sources. The move marks a major shift for the AI lab, which had long rejected outside investment.
Bezos Bets $38 Billion on Physical AI Startup Project Prometheus
Jeff Bezos's AI venture Project Prometheus is nearing a $10 billion funding round at a $38 billion valuation, backed by JPMorgan and BlackRock, as it pursues physical AI for industrial data rather than competing with large language models.
Sequoia Capital Pours $7 Billion Into AI After Leadership Change
Sequoia Capital has raised approximately $7 billion for its latest expansion-stage fund, doubling the size of its previous vehicle, as the firm doubles down on AI investments under new leadership.
Legal AI Harvey Hits $11 Billion Valuation
Harvey's valuation surged from $3 billion to $11 billion in 14 months, while Swedish legal AI firm Legora tripled its valuation to $5.55 billion in five months, signaling legal AI as one of the most funded verticals in 2026.
OpenAI Raises $122 Billion at $852 Billion Valuation
OpenAI closed a record $122 billion funding round at an $852 billion valuation, with Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank as lead investors, and disclosed $2 billion in monthly revenue as it eyes an IPO.